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Rhynchonellidae

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3252101	https://www.gbif.org/species/3252101
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	80697	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=80697

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Rhynchonellidae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
-	Lophophorata
phylum	Brachiopoda	Cuvier 1805
subphylum	Rhynchonelliformea	Williams et al. 1996
class	Rhynchonellata	Williams et al. 1996
order	Rhynchonellida	Kuhn 1949
superfamily	Rhynchonelloidea	d'Orbigny 1847
family	Rhynchonellidae	Gray 1848

Scientific Name

Rhynchonellidae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Rhynchonellidae	family	belongs to Articulata	stated without evidence	Huxley, 1869
Rhynchonellidae	family	belongs to Brachiopoda	stated with evidence	Stanton, 1895
Rhynchonellidae	family	belongs to Rhynchonellacea	stated with evidence	Oraspold, 1956
Rhynchonellidae	family	belongs to Rhynchonellacea	stated without evidence	Cooper, 1957
Rhynchonellidae	family	belongs to Rhynchonellida	stated without evidence	Ronchetti, 1970
Rhynchonellidae	family	belongs to Rhynchonelloidea	stated with evidence	Williams et al., 2002
Rhynchonellidae	family	belongs to Rhynchonellacea	stated without evidence	Atrops and Alméras, 2005

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

426

Extant Size (PBDB)

4 (0.94%)

First Recorded Appearance

466 - 458 Ma
Ordovician

Motility

stationary (based on Rhynchonellida)

Vision

blind (based on Rhynchonellata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Rhynchonellida)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

F. Atrops and Y. Alméras. 2005. Les Brachiopodes du Callovien de l'Ouarsenis (Tell algérien): paléontologie, biostratigraphie et paléoenvironnements. Revue de Paléobiologie 24(2):563-595

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Bilaminellinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)		5	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	165 Ma Middle Jurassic
Davanirhynchiinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)		155	237 Ma Middle Triassic	140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Ivanoviellinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)		269	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Nucleusorhynchiinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)		80	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	199 Ma Early Jurassic
Piarorhynchiinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)		986	252 Ma Permian	93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Praecyclothyrinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)
Rhynchonellinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		1,263	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	0 Ma Extant
Striirhynchiinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)		66	176 Ma Early Jurassic	165 Ma Middle Jurassic
Uralorhynchiinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)		29	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Abrekia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	252 Ma Permian	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Aorhynchia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		20	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Bihendulirhynchia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	156 Ma Jurassic	156 Ma Jurassic
Bilaminella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	165 Ma Middle Jurassic	165 Ma Middle Jurassic
Bradfordirhynchia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		13	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Caledorhynchia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		29	199 Ma Early Jurassic	166 Ma Middle Jurassic
Capillirhynchia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		43	176 Ma Early Jurassic	165 Ma Middle Jurassic
Choffatirhynchia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		47	183 Ma Early Jurassic	180 Ma Early Jurassic
Cubanirhynchia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	172 Ma Middle Jurassic	172 Ma Middle Jurassic
Cuneirhynchia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		103	201 Ma Early Jurassic	190 Ma Early Jurassic
Curtirhynchia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	176 Ma Early Jurassic	174 Ma Middle Jurassic
Furcirhynchia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		118	201 Ma Early Jurassic	165 Ma Middle Jurassic
Fusirhynchia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		13	152 Ma Late Jurassic	140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Grasirhynchia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		12	112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Grestenella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	201 Ma Early Jurassic	201 Ma Early Jurassic
Herangirhynchia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		156	206 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	174 Ma Middle Jurassic
Himalairhynchia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Homoeorhynchia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		322	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Hypothyris ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		1	383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Isjuminelina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ivanoviella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	165 Ma Middle Jurassic
Kabanoviella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	136 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	136 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Laevigaterhynchia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		13	166 Ma Middle Jurassic	165 Ma Middle Jurassic
Lirellarina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	170 Ma Middle Jurassic	170 Ma Middle Jurassic
Lotharingella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	165 Ma Middle Jurassic
Lunaria genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Malwirhynchia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Minutulirhynchia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	165 Ma Middle Jurassic	165 Ma Middle Jurassic
Murihikurhynchia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		76	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	199 Ma Early Jurassic
Nucleusorhynchia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Nudirostralina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		133	252 Ma Permian	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Omolonella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Paranudirostralina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Piarorhynchia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		109	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	182 Ma Early Jurassic
Planirhynchia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		19	237 Ma Middle Triassic	190 Ma Early Jurassic
Ptilorhynchia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		33	170 Ma Middle Jurassic	93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ptyctorhynchia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	180 Ma Early Jurassic	174 Ma Middle Jurassic
Rhynchonella genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		599	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	0 Ma Extant
Rhynchonelloidea ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		83	427 Ma Silurian	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Rhynchonelloidella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		115	182 Ma Early Jurassic	161 Ma Jurassic
Rimirhynchia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		19	201 Ma Early Jurassic	190 Ma Early Jurassic
Rimirhynchopsis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	237 Ma Middle Triassic	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Rochatorhynchia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Rutorhynchia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	164 Ma Middle Jurassic
Saccorhynchia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Sakawairhynchia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		614	242 Ma Middle Triassic	174 Ma Middle Jurassic
Sharpirhynchia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	172 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Sinuplicorhynchia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		15	237 Ma Middle Triassic	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Striirhynchia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		19	174 Ma Middle Jurassic	165 Ma Middle Jurassic
Sulcorhynchia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Tainuirhynchia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		49	183 Ma Early Jurassic	149 Ma Late Jurassic
Thurmannella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		38	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	161 Ma Jurassic
Trichorhynchia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	176 Ma Early Jurassic	176 Ma Early Jurassic
Uniplicatorhynchia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	242 Ma Middle Triassic
Uralorhynchia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	152 Ma Late Jurassic	140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Waikatorhynchia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		31	157 Ma Jurassic	149 Ma Late Jurassic

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1848	Rhynchonellidae Gray
1869	Rhynchonellidae Huxley p. 116
1895	Rhynchonellidae Stanton p. 31
1956	Rhynchonellidae Oraspold
1957	Rhynchonellidae Cooper p. 6
1970	Rhynchonellidae Ronchetti p. 49
1979	Rhynchonellidae Perry and Chatterton p. 310
2002	Rhynchonellidae Williams et al. p. 1279
2005	Rhynchonellidae Atrops and Alméras p. 577

References

Atrops F., Alméras Y. (2005) Les Brachiopodes du Callovien de l'Ouarsenis (Tell algérien): paléontologie, biostratigraphie et paléoenvironnements, Revue de Paléobiologie 24 2, 563-595

Stanton T. W. Contributions to the Cretaceous paleontology of the Pacific coast. : The fauna of the Knoxville, Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 133, 1-132 doi:10.3133/b133

Oraspold A. L. (1956) New brachiopods from the Jõhvi, Keila and Vasalemma stages, Trudy Instituta geologii AN ESSR 1, 41-67

Cooper G. A. (1957) Tertiary and Pleistocene Brachiopods of Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 314 A, 1-20

Ronchetti C. R. (1970) New contributions to the knowledge of the Jurassic fauna of Karkar (Northeast Afghanistan), Ital. Expedit., Karakorum (K2) Hindu Kush, Scientific Reports IV, Paleontology – Zoology – Botany 2, 43-74

Perry D. G., Chatterton B. D. E. (1979) Late Early Triassic brachiopod and conodont fauna, Thaynes Formation, southeastern Idaho, Journal of Paleontology 53 2, 307-319

Williams A., Brunton C. H. C., et al (2002) Part H Brachiopoda (revised): Volume 4, Rhynchonelliformea (part), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, 921-1688

Ager, D. V. (1956). A Monograph of the British Liassic Rhynchonellidae. Part. I. Palaeontographical Society of London, Monograph. 110(476):i–xxvi + 1–50, pl. 1–4. - via World Register of Marine Species

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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